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A Teak Wood Oval Dining Table
Located in Chicago, IL
The natural roughness of the material is what gives this table its authenticity. It is a stunning piece rich in texture and history, and may serve a wide variety of roles in its futu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese British Colonial Dining Room Tables
Materials
Teak
A Naga Tribe Rice Bin
Located in Chicago, IL
This unique storage vessel was made from a single trunk of Saal wood and fitted with a cover to protect the contents (probably rice grains) from insects and moisture. This kind of mo...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Hardwood
A Teak Wood Sculpture of a Cambodian Apsara Goddess
Located in Chicago, IL
Newly carved from reclaimed teakwood, this bust takes the form of a Cambodian apsara. With origins in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, Apsaras are female spirits of the clouds and water...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Teak
A Teak Wood Sculpture of a Cambodian Apsara Goddess
Located in Chicago, IL
Newly carved from reclaimed teakwood, this bust takes the form of an apsara. With origins in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology, Apsaras are female spirits of the clouds and waters. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Teak
A British Colonial Bookcase with Bottom Storage
Located in Chicago, IL
This large antique book cabinet was made from solid teak wood and dates to the early 1900's. During the British Empire in India and Burma much furniture was made in the Anglo-Indian ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Colonial Bookcases
Materials
Teak
A Burmese Teak Wood Desk
Located in Chicago, IL
This Burmese Teak Wood Table offers durability and timeless beauty with its vintage craftsmanship and natural patina. The table is unique, made from ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Desks and Writing Tables
Materials
Teak
A Carved Mango Wood Round Mirror Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
This large and intricate mirror frame was hand-carved from mango wood in India according to an 18th Century Mogul design. The piece is newly-carved and painted in gold pigments. The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Wall Mirrors
Materials
Wood
A Chinese Square Game Table
Located in Chicago, IL
A game table from the 19th century with humpback stretchers, pillar legs and bamboo motif bundled crossmembers. Created in China during the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century, this stu...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Game Tables
Materials
Elm
Framed Akha Tribe Hand Embroidered Shoulder Bag
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand embroidered shoulder is from the Akha tribe and has been framed for display on a wall. The Akha are an indigenous hill tribe who live in small villages at higher elevations...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Textiles
Materials
Hemp, Cotton, Silk, Glass, Wood
Framed Akha Tribe Embroidered Bag
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand embroidered shoulder bag is from the Akha tribe and has been framed for display on a wall. The Akha are an indigenous hill tribe who live in small villages at higher elevat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Tribal Textiles
Materials
Glass, Wood, Cotton, Silk, Hemp
Vintage Brass and Opaline Glass Chandelier
Located in Chicago, IL
This bold and elemental chandelier features solid brass arms and opaline glass globes. The brass has been carefully cleaned of tarnish and the wiring replaced. Part of the canopy is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Brass
Walnut Wood Console
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant console table is a modern reproduction of a Classic 1940s Hungarian design. Hungarian Art Deco is relatively unknown outside of Central E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Half-Round Pod Chair with Chrome Base
Located in Chicago, IL
This playful 1970s pod chair swivels on a polished chrome base. The back of the pod is made from resin and the seating surface is soft synthetic leather. The leather is in overall go...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Pair of Armchairs with Chrome Legs
Located in Chicago, IL
These petite lounge chairs have a low-slung design that looks Italian. In fact, they are Hungarian, dating to the late 1960s or 70s. In the post-war period, Hungarian luxury furniture production was sharply reduced and designs became very simplified, befitting a Socialist society. The best pieces were reserved for members of the party or cultural elites. These chairs have lightweight chrome-plated steel tube legs and angular shape which was inspired by Italian Brutalism...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Armchairs
Materials
Chrome
Palisander and Chrome Console
Located in Chicago, IL
This slim console table features flawless palisander veneer laid front-to-back for artistic effect. The top slab is mounted on solid steel legs that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Console Tables
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Art Deco Style Armchairs
Located in Chicago, IL
These sculptural and softly voluminous armchairs are modern copies of 1930's Hungarian originals. The rich walnut veneer provides a sleek accent to the plush upholstered seats and ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Vintage Magazine/Book Shelf
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely-made freestanding shelf was once used to display magazines, books and documents in an office. The frame is solid oak and the shelves ...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Magazine Racks and Stands
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Console with Two Drawers and Lucite Pulls
Located in Chicago, IL
An Art Deco Console with Two Drawers and Lucite Pulls.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Console Tables
Materials
Macassar
Walnut Veneer Console
Located in Chicago, IL
This classic Art Deco console is a contemporary piece based on a vintage French design. Hungarian furniture makers mastered the art of making ven...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Wall-Mounted Coat Rack in Walnut and Brass
Located in Chicago, IL
This unique Coat rack wall-mounts for extra rigidity. The polished brass tubing of the central pole compliments the richness and warmth of the walnut solid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Coat Racks and Stands
Materials
Brass
Pair of Art Deco Torchiers in Walnut and Nickel
Located in Chicago, IL
These dramatic torchieres were made in Budapest, Hungary according to authentic 1930s original designs. The shaft and base are poplar wood, covered in walnut veneer. The upward-flari...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Floor Lamps
Materials
Nickel
Pair of Mid Century Armchairs
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of simple and starkly angular armchairs is loosely based on Art Deco originals. The arms are smoothly French-polished Hungarian walnut venee...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Armchairs
Materials
Walnut
Half-Round Pod Chair with Chrome Base
Located in Chicago, IL
This playful 1970s pod chair swivels on a polished chrome base. The back of the pod is made from resin and the seating surface is soft synthetic leather. It's a good example of futu...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Square Coffee Table with Glass Top Black Wood Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple wood and glass coffee table was inspired by a Hungarian Art Deco design from Budapest. The solid walnut frame holds two glass shelves and has been given a very dark coat of French polish. In the 1920's and 30's, many bold furniture experiments were undertaken in Hungary that reflected the new political and cultural thinking of the era. Many Hungarian pieces were influenced by the nearby German Bauhaus school, which emphasized simplicity and function. After World War I and unmoored from aristocratic tradition, Hungarian artists and designers looked for new inspiration. Hungarian design...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Art Deco Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Walnut
Bauhaus-Inspired Bar Cart with Chrome Frame and Glass Shelves
Located in Chicago, IL
This vintage 1930s-style bar cart was made with a circular chrome frame and two smoked glass shelves. The large rubber wheels (new) swivel and turn freely. The original chrome has been restored by re-coating. Some 1930s Hungarian designs...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Carts and Bar Carts
Materials
Chrome
Chrome and Glass Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This very modern and angular side table is based in Italian designs from the 1960's. The polished chrome frame is very slender and minimalist and has been paired with a smoked glass ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Side Tables
Materials
Chrome
Console with Three Drawers and Curved Legs, with Brass Trimming
Located in Chicago, IL
This Art Deco style console is based on vintage Hungarian designs from the 1930's. It is made from walnut veneers, solid walnut legs and solid brass h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Credenzas
Materials
Walnut
Mid-Century Modern Oak Sideboard with 2 Sliding Doors and 3 Drawers
Located in Chicago, IL
This substantial sideboard combines the beauty of straight-grained Hungarian oak and a black marble top with white veining. The case is long and lovely with two sliding doors coverin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Sideboards
Materials
Marble
Pair of Side Tables with Chrome Frames and Smoked Plexi Glass
Located in Chicago, IL
These contemporary side tables have a crisp, contemporary style the recalls the designs of the 1970's. The tables feature heavy chrome-plated solid steel legs that allow the glass to...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Side Tables
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Midcentury Armchairs with Solid Beechwood Arms and Legs
Located in Chicago, IL
These sleek and modern armchairs were made in Budapest, Hungary in the 1960s. They are examples of midcentury Socialist furniture; the modern furniture made after World War 2 in East...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Chairs
Materials
Beech
Art Deco Style Mirror with Chrome Frame
Located in Chicago, IL
This classic Art Deco style mirror features six stepped panes of clear and black mirrored glass surrounding a large central pane. The frame of the mirror is chrome-plated square steel tubing. The piece is bold and substantial, perfect for an entry wall...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Wall Mirrors
Materials
Chrome
Pair of Vintage Baroque Revival Armchairs with Cane Sides
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive pair of vintage cane-backed armchairs can add richness and history to modern spaces. The chairs are unusually deep and wide 34" x 34" with solid oak frames, double-wa...
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Armchairs
Materials
Rattan, Oak
Vintage Chrome Coffee Table with Glass Top
Located in Chicago, IL
A brass-plated glass coffee table from the 1970s. During the interwar years Budapest was a hotspot of Art Deco furniture design and manufacturing. The Hungarian style was somewhat si...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Desk Chair with a Chrome Base
Located in Chicago, IL
This comfortable swivel chair is ideal in a modern living room, great room or cozy den. It has an excellent angle for reading or conversing. The chair is generously proportioned and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chairs
Materials
Chrome
Modernist Bookshelf from Walnut Veneer
Located in Chicago, IL
This handsome shelving unit dates to the 1970s and has been completely restored and repolished. In the 1930s and 1940s Hungarian furniture was known throughout Central Europe for its...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Bookcases
Materials
Glass, Walnut
Walnut Veneer Cubist Console
Located in Chicago, IL
This dramatic 1960s console features walnut veneer and a cantilevered form. During the 1960s and 1970s, Hungarian furniture makers were encouraged to create simple, modern designs th...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Modernist Red Chair with Original Fabric
Located in Chicago, IL
A vintage Danish True Love lounge chair in original red boucle fabric. This is a beautiful and incredibly comfortable eye-catcher by design group Globe Zero 4, from designers Flemmin...
Category
Late 20th Century Danish Chairs
Materials
Bouclé, Oak
Monumental 19th Century Indian Building Facade
Located in Chicago, IL
This magnificent building facade was once part of a grand mansion in Gujarat, India. It is entirely made from Teakwood, which is highly resistant to in...
Category
Antique 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Architectural Elements
Materials
Teak
Danish Walnut Sideboard with Four Doors and Metal Legs
Located in Chicago, IL
This stunning sideboard is maximally Minimalist, with absolutely no decoration, aside from the beauty of the perfectly matched walnut veneers. Whereas many high-quality Scandinavian ...
Category
Vintage 1960s Danish Sideboards
Materials
Walnut
A Midcentury Sideboard with a Stainless Steel Base and Marble Top
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine midcentury sideboard made with book-matched walnut veneer doors, a beautifully-veined marble top and steel frame. This is a fine example of Minimalist design executed with fin...
Category
Late 20th Century Hungarian Sideboards
Materials
Marble, Steel
Pair of Wingback Chairs with Grey Upholstery
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of wingback chairs is a 1950's Hungarian interpretation of the classic form. Wingbacks were originally created to block the air in drafty rooms. These chairs are modernized...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Wingback Chairs
Materials
Chenille, Walnut
Pair of Italian Oil Portraits with Wood and Gilt Frames
Located in Chicago, IL
These elegant oval frames were custom made to hold a set of “his and hers" oil portraits; probably a wealthy Italian couple. The wood carving is well-detailed and quite sturdy. The ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Paintings
Materials
Giltwood
Mid-Century Socialist Lounge Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
A Hungarian Socialist-era conference chair, probably from Budapest. The design is intriguing -a fine example of the Brutalist, East Block style! of the 1960's and 1970's. During t...
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Wood
End Table with Walnut Burl Veneer
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine Hungarian side table in the French Art Deco style. The book-matched wood grain is Hungarian walnut.
Though French Art Deco is much more famous...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Art Deco End Tables
Materials
Walnut
Hand Blown Murano Glass Table Lamp
Located in Chicago, IL
A Murano glass lamp with metal base. For Mazzega, Italy. The large heavy globe is made from white and clear glass and has an opening in the center, top and bottom. The shade sits o...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Materials
Murano Glass
Mid-Century Italian Pistillo Sconce by Studio Tetrarch
Located in Chicago, IL
This iconic Pistillo sconce was designed by Studio Tetarch for Valenti in 1969. It was extremely modern for using chromed ABS plastic. It could also b...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Aluminum
Carved Marble Fu Dog Panels
Located in Chicago, IL
This set of exquisitely-carved marble garden plaques features two fu dogs playing with ribbons. The female fu dog (or fu lion) guards her pup while the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Marble
A Butterfly Style Storage Chest with Original Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant small coffer features a floating panel top and two drawers sitting above storage area with three carved panels. The front of the drawers and the lower panels are carved ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cabinets
Materials
Elm
Chinese Square Dining or "Eight Immortals" Table
Located in Chicago, IL
This sturdy, almost architectural Chinese table is is an excellent example of "scholar's furniture". Scholar's furniture is known for rounded frames that suggest tree trunks and a general lack of unnecessary adornment. The table's floating panel top is held by round corner posts that gracefully transform into square feet as they meet the ground. Arched spandrels connect the legs to the top, suggesting the roof of a building is held up by corner posts. Two drawers are held in the thick waist. The table boasts highly original oxblood lacquer patina, gently rubbed through to the wood over many decades. These tables are sometimes known as "eight immortals...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Center Tables
Materials
Elm
Large Indian Storage Chest on Wheels
Located in Chicago, IL
A superb example of an Indian (Gujarat) dowry chest with ornate frame, iron reinforcements and wheels. These chests were used to hold blankets and other valuables. The small upper door could be locked...
Category
Early 20th Century Blanket Chests
Materials
Teak
Tianjin Style Sideboard With Original Patina and Original Hardware
Located in Chicago, IL
An exceptionally original 19th century household storage coffer in the Tianjin Style. Tianjin is a large city in Northeast China that acts as the port of Beijing. It was a prosperous city and the furniture made there was known for is solidity and clean, balanced lines.
Tianjin storage chests typically feature heavy brass handles and lock plates. All hardware on this chest is original and the patina on the wood is aged and lovely; natural oxblood lacquer, which has rubbed off in some areas and darkened in other areas due to more than a century of use. Tianjin chests usually have three large drawers across the top two large doors below. The piece was probably part of a dowry and exhibited in a highly visible part of the home. The whitish deposits on the legs suggest that the piece sat on a terra cotta...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Sideboards
Materials
Elm
Butterfly Style Storage Chest with 2 Drawers and Original Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant small Chinse coffer, called a butterfly cabinet, features a floating panel top sitting above two carved drawers, each and fitted with brass hardware. Beneath the drawers...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Sideboards
Materials
Elm
Butterfly Style Storage Chest with 2 Drawers, Original Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
A Chinese Late Qing wooden storage chest from the 19th century, with carved spandrels, drawers, doors and finished in oxblood and cinnabar lacquer...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Sideboards
Materials
Elm
C. 1900 Indian Strong Box With Original Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden strong box is heavily reinforced with iron banding and can be secured with an exterior lock. The walls and top of the lockbox are made from teak. Teak was a preferred wood for storing valuables and especially useful for protecting silks. Teak is resistant to moisture (thus the preference for teak boat decks...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Teak
All Original C. 1850 Japanese Tansu Chest, 2 Parts
Located in Chicago, IL
This 2-part antique Japanese tansu has lovely old-patina wood and and attractive hand-forged iron handles and other hardware. It can be used as-shown, stacked or separated and raised on simple metal stands. When separated, the two drawer sets make excellent side chests.
Japanese storage tansu chests...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Pine
19th Century Antique Japanese Tansu Chest, 2 Parts
Located in Chicago, IL
Japanese storage tansu chests were used to hold clothing and other personal effects in a 19th Century Japanese home. Because Japanese home...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Dressers
Materials
Pine, Fir
C. 1900 Burmese British Colonial Kitchen Cabinet and Plate Rack
Located in Chicago, IL
This sturdy kitchen chest and pot rack was made from solid Teak wood and dates to the early 1900's. During the late British Empire in Burma much furnitur...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Cabinets
Materials
Teak
C. 1900 British Raj Burmese Bookcase From Solid Teak
Located in Chicago, IL
This large antique book cabinet was made from solid teak wood and dates to the early 1900's. During the British Empire in India and Burma much fur...
Category
Early 20th Century Burmese Bookcases
Materials
Teak
A C. 1900 Beijing Sideboard with Carved Spandrels and Original Lacquer
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a classic example of a “Beijing” or Tianjin” sideboard, so-called because of their origin in this region of northeastern China. This compact chest has three drawers with two ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Sideboards
Materials
Elm
British Colonial Teak Wood Bookcase
Located in Chicago, IL
This clean-lined and substantial book cabinet was made from solid Teak wood and dates to the 1940's. It is is in the art modern or early Mid-Century Modern style. During the late Br...
Category
Mid-20th Century Burmese Bookcases
Materials
Teak
